Monday Nissan 28, 5703 13th day of the Omer **
Torah Lessons (5703)	Chumash: K'doshim, Sheini with Rashi. Tehillim: 135-139. Tanya: Ch. 44. Each of (p. 231)...until the morning... (p. 233).

Chassidim asked the Alter Rebbe:

"Which is the superior Avoda, love of G-d or love of Israel?"

He replied: "Both love of G-d and love of Israel are equally engraved in every Jew's neshama, ruach, and nefesh. [1]

Scripture is explicit: `I have loved you, says the L-rd.' [2] It follows that love of Israel is superior - for you love whom your beloved loves."

   

Notes:

1. (Back to text) Different levels or aspects of the soul. The two loves thoroughly permeate the soul on every level.

2. (Back to text) Malachi 1:2.

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Day six of week 2 (13th day of the Omer)

Yesod of gevurah

For discipline to be effective it must be coupled with commitment and bonding. Both in disciplining yourself and others there has to be a sense that the discipline is important for developing a stronger bond. Not that I discipline you, but that we are doing it together for our mutual benefit.

Exercise for the day: Demonstrate to your child or student how your bonding with each other is an essential ingredient in discipline and growth.

From:

A Spiritual Guide to the counting of the Omer

Forty-Nine Steps to Personal Refinement

The Forty-Nine Days of Sefirah

by Simon Jacobson

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